Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, such as following a spinal cord injury, has made great strides in recent years. However, high-frequency stimulation pulses, which are used in many current ...

Medicare may cover the cost of spinal cord stimulator therapy when this is medically necessary for the treatment of chronic intractable pain. To qualify for spinal cord stimulator therapy, a person ...

Independent studies suggested that spinal cord stimulation improved chronic pain no more than placebo, but industry-funded critics cast doubt on these findings, researchers said. Recently published ...

Inceptiv is a small device, implanted in the lower torso with leads to the spinal cord, that provides responsive counter-stimulation to relieve chronic pain. The device was approved by the FDA in ...

Medicare may cover the implantation of a spinal cord stimulator as a therapy for chronic intractable pain. Chronic intractable pain refers to persistent pain that doesn’t respond to traditional ...

In an episode of ABC’s Four Corners this week, the use of spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain was brought into question. Spinal cord stimulators are devices implanted surgically which ...

New technology is helping people with paralysis move again, and it doesn't involve surgery, needles or drugs. It's a first-of-its-kind non-invasive spinal cord stimulation therapy, and it's now ...

The first patient has been implanted in a Defense Department-funded clinical trial evaluating Neuronoff’s Injectrode device for the treatment of neurogenic bladder in people with spinal cord injury.

A spinal cord injury device with FDA approval is being used at a Pittsburgh-area rehab clinic: "The first piece of equipment we've been able to use to actually improve people’s function." ...

For my entire career as a neurologist the ability to repair an injured spinal cord has been one of the holy grails. There has ...

Around 100,000 Britons suffer a stroke each year. The condition occurs when blood stops flowing to part of the brain and is a ...

An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy. An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord ...